The House Of The Scorpion Character Analysis

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Final Essay - The House of The Scorpion - 10/20/2015 In The House of The Scorpion, Matt a clone of the twisted and rich El Patron was completely unaware of his reason of existence, to become spare parts. Matt is constantly asking questions about his and others existence. These questions helped guide him on his life’s journey, inform us about his character, and they helped him discover the true hero inside of him. Matt’s tendency to ask questions and his actual questions have helped to guide him throughout his very unfortunate childhood. These questions fueled him to escape Opium and to finally set things right. After saving Celia, Matt’s mother-like figure who was forced to pretend to be an eejit to stay alive. Thinking about Celia, Matt asks the question “Wasn’t acting like a zombie as bad as being one if you had to do it for years?” (250). Thinking about how much she was struggling made him ignore his own pain and continue to push through his escape away from Opium and to Aztlan. After merely escaping from Opium Matt continued to think about and deeply miss both Celia and Tam Lin. Yet to complete his journey Matt’s questions have and will continue guiding him on his life’s journey. …show more content…

For example, when Tam Lin took Matt on a ride to the Oasis to have a picnic Matt saw a dead man on the road. Matt questions “Why hadn’t the man gone home when he got sick? Why hadn’t the other workers helped him? was he being left out there like a piece of trash?” (78) These questions of Matt’s help the reader understand his viewpoint on the enslaving and brainwashing of the people that are turned into eejits. Although Matt still has a lot to learn about the world around him, his urge to find answers will continue to expand his knowledge and

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